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Formerly known as Postdoc Lunch Live! Sign up now to join the audience for the next event. We are also looking for presenters for upcoming months. Read More.

Get Involved!

The UPPDA is run entirely by volunteers. Voting is currently open for the 2017 UPPDA Executive Board. Check out our Outreach page for new volunteering opportunities.

UPPDA Facebook Group

In order to facilitate increased networking and communication among postdocs at Pitt, we have now created a group on Facebook. Create a free account on Facebook (if you don’t have one already), and check out our group here!

Postdoc Spotlight

UPPDA introduces the 'Postdoc Spotlight' section on the UPPDA website! The Postdoc Spotlight section aims to showcase one UPPDA member every month and bring the postdoc community at Pitt closer.

Events

This month’s speaker is Dr. Heather Buechel from the Department of Immunology. Dr. Buechel earned her Ph.D. in Pharmacology at the University of Kentucky after getting her bachelor’s in Biology at Duquesne. She will be presenting her talk, entitled, “The role and regulation of NKT cell activation in Adipose Tissue” on Monday, December 12th, 2016, from 12:30-1:30pm in 1102 Scaife Hall.